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Summary

Committed to Excellence in the Landmark Tenth Edition. This edition continues the evolution of Raven & Johnson’s Biology. The author team is committed to continually improving the text, keeping the student and learning foremost. We have integrated new pedagogical features to expand the students’ learning process and enhance their experience in the ebook. This latest edition of the text maintains the clear, accessible, and engaging writing style of past editions with the solid framework of pedagogy that highlights an emphasis on evolution and scientific inquiry that have made this a leading textbook for students majoring in biology and have been enhanced in this landmark Tenth edition. This emphasis on the organizing power of evolution is combined with an integration of the importance of cellular, molecular biology and genomics to offer our readers a text that is student friendly and current.
Our author team is committed to producing the best possible text for both student and faculty. The lead author, Kenneth Mason, University of Iowa, has taught majors biology at three different major public universities for more than fifteen years. Jonathan Losos, Harvard University,, is at the cutting edge of evolutionary biology research, and Susan Singer, Carleton College,, has been involved in science education policy issues on a national level. All three authors bring varied instructional and content expertise to the tenth edition of Biology.

Table of Contents

Part I The Molecular Basis of Life 1 The Science of Biology2 The Nature of Molecules3 The Chemical Building Blocks of LifePart II Biology of the Cell 4 Cell Structure5 Membranes6 Energy and Metabolism7 How Cells Harvest Energy8 Photosynthesis9 Cell Communication10 How Cells DividePart III Genetic and Molecular Biology11 Sexual Reproduction and Meiosis12 Patterns of Inheritance13 Chromosomes, Mapping and the Meiosis—Inheritance Connection14 DNA: The Genetic Material15 Genes and How They Work16 Control of Gene Expression17 Biotechnology18 Genomics19 Cellular Mechanisms of DevelopmentPart IV Evolution 20 Genes Within Populations21 The Evidence for Evolution22 The Origin of Species23 Systematics, Phylogenetics, and Comparative Biology24 Genome Evolution25 Evolution of DevelopmentPart V Diversity of Life on Earth 26 Origin and Diversity of Life27 Viruses28 Prokaryotes29 Protists30 Overview of Seedless Plants31 Overview of Seed Plants32 Fungi33 Animal Diversity & the Evolution of Body Plans34 Protostomes35 DeuterostomesPart VI Plant Form and Function 36 Plant Form37 Transport in Plants38 Plant Nutrition and Soils39 Plant Defense Responses40 Sensory Systems in Plants41 Plant ReproductionPart VII Animal Form and Function 42 The Animal Body and Principles of Regulation43 The Nervous System44 Sensory Systems45 The Endocrine System46 The Musculoskeletal System47 The Digestive System48 The Respiratory System49 The Circulatory System50 Temperature, Osmotic Regulation and the Urinary System51 The Immune System52 The Reproductive Systems53 Animal DevelopmentPart VIII Ecology and Behavior 54 Behavioral Biology55 Population Ecology56 Community Ecology57 Dynamics of Ecosystems58 The Biosphere59 Conservation Biology